Charles Barkley is sick and tired of hearing how the sanctuary of the locker room is not ready for a male athlete in a major team sport to come out to his teammates, how awkward everyone would feel after they heard a teammates say, Im gay.

Well, to solve that locker room problem, you could have separate locker rooms for homosexual males. Frankly, you might have to do something like that to resolve the issue of getting dressed and undressed and sex attraction and all that.

But it might be considered bigoted if men wanted to send the “gay” men to a separate locker room.

If you guys are so afraid of gays in the locker room, don’t be. Unless you are a serious hottie they will not be getting turned on. You guys really think that if you changed on the beach and your towel blew away at the wrong moment, all the girls will be delirious with desire? Not so, my friends.

I interpreted part of his comments to be critical of those who bash heterosexuals.

I really like ESPN, Barkley added. They do a great job. But like once every two or three months, they bring all these people on there, and they tell me how me and my team are going to respond to a gay guy.

First of all, every player has played with gay guys. It bothers me when I hear these reporters and jocks get on TV and say, Oh, no guy can come out in a team sport. These guys would go crazy. First of all, quit telling me what I think. Id rather have a gay guy who can play than a straight guy who cant play.

I hear what your saying, but players are regularly traded/cut because they are locker room “problems”. I’m not refering here to sexual orientation. Think Terrell Owens.

If a group of “straights” were to make an issue of it, which way to you think it would go? Personally, I don’t know. We are in an era where a star basketball player can get a coach fired or get his free-agent buddies on his team. Then again, we are also in an era where the commissioner of the NFL will fine/suspend a player for a homophobic epithet yelled in the heat of battle.

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posted on 05/17/2011 11:31:30 AM PDT
by Tallguy
(Received a fine from the NFL for a helmet-to-helmet hit.)

Whatever. I’m tired of people acting like professional basketball is important. Perhaps it does add to the sales of silly clothes, jewelry and tatoos. Beyond that, the salutary effects head toward zero in a hurry.

I know guys get turned on by even seeing the average naked woman. But I’ve known gay guys who think it’s so silly that straight men fear them in the locker room. They are very picky and do not care about the bodies of most men.

We girls have had to change in front of obvious lesbian gym teachers forever. That’s worse.

So your point is that only beautiful people should be concerned about modesty? Homely people arent entitled to a measure of privacy since nobody really cares anyway?

No! LOL. Everyone should be modest. But in a locker room, people should get on with what they need to do, change quickly, use a towel to the shower, whatever, and not worry if one of the people in there might be homosexual.

And if you look like a movie star, if your body is like that guy in the Old Spice commercials, get used to the fact that the gay guys WILL be staring. And talking to you in the parking lot. :) You might have to make your own gym at home!!

When I claimed that the people had a right to legislate against perverse behavior you argued that homosexuality was protected under the 14th Amendment. You continually tried to equate homosexual to heterosexual behavior in order to protect it throughout the discussion. You then went on to make the consenting adults argument made by all supporters of perversion rights.

I am sure if I look further that this wasnt the only time I encountered you defending perversion rights in support of homosexuality. It doesnt surprise me at all that you now admit to working in a gay bar.

You didnt simply state anything but argued it. You continually tried to equate homosexuality to heterosexuality as if they should be treated equally and used the argument always used by the left-wing claiming that we all should accept any perverse behavior as long as it is between two consenting adults.

Besides you why do you use the Lawrence case as a basis for your argument as if you agree with it? Being that it was a judicial activist decision I would think that you would oppose it if you do not support perversion rights.

At least men have a “barometer” to tell if the stares cause “excitement”. There is this active duty nurse who showed how “proud” he was in the gym shower and no doubt a product of DADT (By the way the guy carried himself). Eventually people started to complain and he disappeared for awhile. He is back, but “waits his turn” now (This is a gym that has a lot of civilian contractors/dependents/retiree traffic).

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